Improvement in irrigating-machines



WILLIAM w. HULL, 00F A`sH I .AND,NEW-Y0RK.

Letters'Pa-tent N 107,375,

dated September 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'RRIGATINCMACHINES.

The Schedule' referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of theisame I, WILLIAM lV. HULL, of Ashland, Green county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Irrgating-Machines, ot which the fol-1 lowing is a specilication.

My invention belongs to'that class of devices employed for distributing:r water broadcast over meadows and high-grass lands, andcoiuiuc'ting .the said water into conduits or channels for distribution at remote distances from the location ot` theirrigating-machine; and j It consists of a balancebeam, having hung, at one end, a tripping-bucket, and at the other end of Said beam an adjustable counter-weight, arranged-in such manner that'when the bucket is-lilledwit-hwater from a supply-pipe, it will`bcar down thebalance-heam, and be tripped, and the contents ot' the bucket dischai-'ged into a conduit or channel, and carried to its y'destina-tion, when the beam amlbucketwill again' resume their previous position by means ot` the adjustable weight. i

Furthermore, the balance-beam is provided witlraI pawl, which, during the movements ot' the balanccbeannactnates a ratchet-wheel, which, in turn, rotates a chute, which is lilledfwith water from vthe 'same supply-pipe, by means of which the waiteris thrown from the chute broadcast over the land, as I will further explain by reference to the accompanying drawing, of which-v Figure l represents a top viewofiuy irrigating-machine, and f v Figure 2, a front elevation of same, shearing mov e ments of balance-beam.

In the said drawing- A indicates the frame o f the machine.

B is the balance-beam,wlmseequilibrium shaft, 0,' extends inward from the frame A.

D is a bucket, attach`ed to the outer end al otl the balance-beam; and

E isan adjustable weight, attached to the opposite end a. ofsaid beam, as a counterbalancc for t-he weight ot'. the bucket.

The balance-beam B is also provided with stops, G H, for holding `the beam in a horizontalrposition while the bucket receives the water, and an arm, I, project-v ing downward from saidfbeam, carrying apawl, K, which, with a retaining pawl, L, (see iig. 2,) attached to the frame A, operates a ratchet-wheel, M, which, in turn, byfi'neans of a shaft, N, projecting upward vfrom its-center, rotates the chute O, fastened on the` upper end ot` said shaft.

I is the `supply-pipe, having a branch, Q, for feeding the chute, and another branch, R, for filling the bucket.

These pipes are sustained in a bearing, S, attached to and extending upward from the frame A; and

T is a trippe-r, attached tothe ti'ame for tripping the bucket l), when it is fil-led with water, and de- Ascends to the position shown in dotted lines in iig. 2.

lhc operation merely consists of letting the water into the supply-pipe I?, when" its branches-Q R, will till the bucket'l) andthe chute 0, and, as the bucket descends for discharge of its contents, the pawl K will actuate the ratchet M, anch-through the shaft N, ro-

tate tbe c`l1ute"0, throwing the water over the land.

What I claim is- The balance-bezint- B, the bucket D,cou|1ter-weight E, tripper T, pawls K and L, ratchet-wheel M', shaft J N, and chute O, constructed, arrang'ecbaml operating,1r

substantially as and for the purposes described and s'et forth. y In testimony whereof I have hereunto sctmy signature this 18th day of June, 1870.

WILLIAM W. HULL. Witnesses D. L. LEWIS, l ADONIJAH lANeMAx. 

